History Film / WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory

* VillainSong: Veruca's "I Want It Now" song, which, ironically, ends badly for her ''right'' when she finishes it.

* AdaptationDistillation: The most prominent example is the Oompa Loompas' songs, which are essentially 30 second recaps of the roughly five-minute ones in the original book.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The book explains that Wonka now has the Oompa Loompas working in his factory because he no longer trusts humans, after his previous staff sold his secrets to rival chocolatiers and forced him to shut down his business. While that explanation is kept in this adaptation, Wonka is shown to have at least one human employee: the Slugworth impersonator Mr. Wilkinson [[CanonForeigner (who doesn't appear or have any counterpart in the book)]], which contradicts his main reasoning for hiring the Oompa Loompas.

* AdaptedOut: Prince Pondicherry and his palace made entirely of chocolate aren't mentioned at all, likely because it would have been too hard to dramatize that {{Flashback}} convincingly with 1970s tech.

** Towards the end, he reads off a legal contract to Charlie and Grandpa Joe, attempting to explain why they won't get the lifetime supply of chocolate. Part of it is in Latin (presumably an AffectionateParody of all the Latin in real legal jargon), and it reads: "Fax mentis incendium gloria cultum... memo bis punitor delicatum." (Roughly: "To cultivate the burning torch of the mind... mentioned twice for the punisher's pleasure.")

--> ''Why don't you try simply reading a book?''
--> ''Or could you just not bear to look?''

* DeadlyRotaryFan: Charlie and Grandpa Joe narrowly escape one during the Fizzy Lifting Drinks scene.

[''Wonka finishes reading the contract''] It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal! You stole Fizzy Lifting Drinks! You bumped into the ceiling which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing! You lose! Good day, sir!

* DramaticTVShutOff: When the Buckets have heard the news on the television that the last Golden Ticket has been found, Grandpa Joe mutters "turn it off", and they sadly discuss how Charlie's last hope has gone.

* LicensedGame
** WMS Gaming introduced ''video slot machines'' based on this movie in 2013, which bespeaks the film's significant adult fanbase!
** Wonka's World of Candy, which is a mobile game similar to Candy Crush. It acts as a prequel to the story with Wonka getting the factory ready for the big tour. It uses visuals and sounds from the movie.

* PrecisionFStrike: A downplayed example, but even though Wonka says "Hell" during the Tunnel Scene, there's no language warning (to be fair, he did use it in the sense of "the fires of Hell", rather than as a curse.)

-->'''Grandpa Joe:''' As soon as I get my strength back I'm gonna get out of this bed and help him.
-->'''Mrs. Bucket:''' Dad, in all the years you've been saying you're gonna get out of that bed, I've yet to see you set foot on the floor.

--> '''Mr. Wonka:''' Great! He's completely unharmed.
--> '''Mrs. Teavee:''' [[HystericalWoman You call that unharmed!?]]

* NonFatalExplosions: Mike makes the mistake of chewing what turns out to be "[[EatTheBomb Exploding Candy]] for your enemies." He loves it.

* MyCard: Mr. Beauregarde gives Wonka his business card upon entering the factory.

* ICanSeeMyHouseFromHere: As the Great Glass Wonkavator flies over the town, Grandpa Joe points out their house and Charlie his school.

* IMeantToDoThat: Subverted with Mr. Wonka's entrance -- he really ''does'' mean to take that tumble and turn it into a somersault.

* IWantSong: Veruca's "I Want It Now" crosses this trope with a VillainSong. It's basically her singing about how, if she doesn't get what she wants when she wants it, she'll go crazy.

* HandGagging: When Mr. Wonka is explaining that the golden chocolate eggs are being prepared for Easter, Mike Teavee notes "But Easter's over!" Mr. Wonka proceeds to do this, saying in a low voice "They [the geese] don't know that. I'm trying to get ahead for next year."

** The Factory itself that must be seen to believe.

* AllOrNothing: Although Charlie wins Mr. Wonka's contest by default (since the other children all "drop out"), Mr. Wonka disqualifies him on a technicality, delivering the news rather bluntly and cruelly. However, he subverts it a moment later by revealing that it is one last Secret Test Of Character, which Charlie passes. The other children in this film leave with nothing other than the AmusingInjuries they'd brought upon themselves. (This is different than the book. Then again, the book didn't have that contract, nor in the 2005 movie)

* BrokenAesop: The song where the Oompa-Loompa's lecture Augustus for [[VillainousGlutton eating too much candy]] rings a bit hollow considering they ''work for a candy company'' and thus depend on people like him for revenue.

* VillainousMotherSonDuo: Mike Teavee and his mother spend their time on the tour looking for secrets that they can sell to Wonka's rival, Slugworth.

* MerchandiseDriven: The only reason this film was made was because Quaker Oats wanted to develop a new candy line, and agreed to put up the US$3 million the movie cost, in effect as an advertisement for the new candies mentioned in the film. If you see the film, you will note that the copyright owners are the Wolper Corporation ''and'' The Quaker Oats Company. (The candy flopped because of a botched recipe that left the bars literally ''melting'' on the shelves, meaning they had to be pulled. The Wonka brand was later revived by Nestle and still exists in a case of {{Defictionalization}}.)

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: The book explains that Wonka now has the Oompa Loompas working in his factory because he no longer trusts humans, after his previous staff sold his secrets to rival chocolatiers and forced him to shut down his business. While that explanation is kept in this adaptation, Wonka is shown to still have some human employees, such as the Slugworth impersonator Mr. Wilkinson [[CanonForeigner (who doesn't appear or have any counterpart in the book)]] which contradicts his main reasoning for hiring the Oompa Loompas.

* AdaptationalNationality: The character trying to trick people with a phony tickets comes from Paraguay instead of Russia. Also , the four bratty kids are never given a nationality in the book , here and in the 2005 film , Veruca is English and Augustus is German , while Mike and Violet are American.